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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

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    • If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
    • A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
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[–] lime@feddit.nu 24 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (2 children)

i think the eggplant predates unicode emoji support, it's one of those "imported from proprietary japanese phones" things.

okay i looked it up, the first association was in the 90s with a weird-ass reality tv show. some guy literally nicknamed "eggplant" had to live in a locked apartment until he made 10M yen on sweepstakes winnings, and he didn't win any clothes for 15 months so the tv team had to live-censor him by moving an eggplant around on the screen. the story is hilarious, if a bit creepy.

[–] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

There’s a documentary https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-contestant/

It’s super fucked up they kept him locked up for a year. He had to start over from the beginning multiple times, so much so that he stripped naked for the last reveal where he was on stage because he just assumed that he had to win back his clothing again.

[–] Pronell@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago

That documentary was fucking fascinating. I watched it one night, then made my housemates watch it the next day.

They teased me at multiple points like "Oh, this is why you yelled 'THAT'S WHERE THE EGGPLANT CAME FROM', isn't it?"

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 3 points 4 hours ago

He was nicknamed eggplant?? Damn I watched that but didn't realise that's where it came from.

[–] akunohana@piefed.blahaj.zone 8 points 5 hours ago

Upon seeing the peach emoji, who wouldn't create an eggplant emoji?

[–] BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Nah, guy was a dickhead